EAST COAST RAILWAY ROUTE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1076, 15 March 1911, Page 5

EAST COAST RAILWAY ROUTE.

INSPECTION BY HON. E. M'KENZIE (Br ToleirraDh-I.'resa Association.! Tauranga, March 14. During tlio past few days the lioil, R, M'Konzie, Minister for Public, Works, accompanied by Mr. ■ Holmes, Chief Engineer for the Public Works Department, and Mr. Mac Donald. member for the Buy of Plenty, has been visiting various parts of Tauranga County inspecting the route of the East Coast Railway. He was well received at Tauranga, and taken for a trip in the harbour on Sunday. Tho Minister promised a deputation that the railway bridge will be erected across tlio harbour. The party proceeded to To Puke on Monday, and werei banqueted in the evening. . Tho Minister and Mr. Mac Donald were enthusiastically received. They left Paengaroa Junction to which point the railway from Maunganui has been authorised this morning .to continue inspection of the hast Coast railway route to Napier. It is probable that the Maunganui-Te Puko section of the railway will be opened in about one year. The present is Mr. Mac Donald's first visit to Tauranga and Tc Pnke, and lie. expresses himself well pleased with the district. ' Tc Puke settlers are anxious for railway connectbn with Gisborne. so as to purchase there sheep for fattening.

IBy TclcEraph.-SDOcial Corrcorondenl.l Auckland, March U. • . The Auckland Railways League in : about to issue the invitations for its proposed trip over the route of .tho '~ East Coast Railway, which will probably commence before the end of the month, and will occupy about a week. It is ■• intended to invito all members of Par-./ liament and a number of representative Auckland citizens, including tho Mayor-, ~: the chairman of the Chamber of Com- I nicrcc, tho chairman of the, Harbour .' Board, and other'. The league hopes.,'; to receive affirmative replies from a ~ good number of members of Parliament. '. > The local bodies interested in the con-J., struction oT the Waihi-Opotiki line havo been communicated with, and have all ~., replied favourably as to assisting the., party by providing horses and vehicles to convey tho visitors, and by arranging accommodation. Tho idea is to go by train from Auckland to Waihi, lucking up southern arrivals en route at,;' l'Vankton. The circular invitations state that it is particularly desired, to secure the presence of southern mem- ' bers so as to enable them to judge from "; personal observation the nature of the country to be opened up by the line,;/ and to sec the large amount of proaporous settlement which exists through- "' out tho East Coast district. , " !